Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writers (WGA):

James Morris (story)
Gene Quintano (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 July 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | War

Tagline:

When you weigh four tons, it's hard to be a secret weapon.

Plot:

To keep the loyalty of a native village during the Vietnam war, a US Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.

Plot Keywords:

Elephant | Vietnam | Crow | Airlift | Animal

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Danny Glover	...	Capt. Sam Cahill
Ray Liotta	...	Capt. T.C. Doyle
Denis Leary	...	Lt. David Poole
Doug E. Doug	...	Sp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
Corin Nemec	...	Sp5 Lawrence Farley
Dinh Thien Le	...	Linh
Tchéky Karyo	...	Goddard (as Tcheky Karyo)
Hoang Ly	...	Colonel Nguyen
Vo Trung Anh	...	Lt. Quang, NVA
Marshall Bell	...	Colonel Pederson
James Hong	...	Y B'ham
Long Nguyen	...	Jhon
Tim Kelleher	...	C-123 Pilot
Scott N. Stevens	...	C-123 Co-Pilot
Kevin LaRosa	...	Irish, Huey Pilot #1 (as Kevin Larosa)

Also Known As:

Dumbo Drop

MPAA:

Rated PG for war action and language.

Runtime:

107 min | Finland:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:All | Germany:6 (f) | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the negotiations to buy Bo-Tat the insignia on Doyle's beret is reversed. The insignia is of the 5th Special Forces Group and is a diagonal yellow stripe with three scarlet stripes in it going from the top left (as seen by the observer) to the lower right.) Doyle's is going top right to lower left. (NOTE: It happens that the Vietnamese flag is yellow with three horizontal red stripes.)

Quotes:

[Goddard is singing along to a record of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" - badly]
Capt. Sam Cahill: Is it my ears, or has your singing actually gotten worse?
Goddard: Must be your ears, it was already as bad as it could be!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Just Shoot Me!: Christmas? Christmas! (#6.9)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ARIA

Entertaining and clever.

Operation Dumbo Drop is a well acted and wholly enjoyable time passer,with convincing performances and a good backbone.I would recommend it to anyone who feels like watching it . Pleasant and good.